Don Shula quotes

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.
-- Don Shula

#Wrestling #Men #Blame

I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.
-- Don Shula

#Hard Work #Winning #Magic

Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.
-- Don Shula

#Success #Perfection #Excellence

The start is what stops most people.
-- Don Shula

#Motivational #People

My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.
-- Don Shula

#Sports #Team #Responsibility

Some clubs want to win so much they'll do anything to get it. Our approach has been just the opposite. We've tried to do things the right way. And the right way is [abiding by] the rules and regulations ... I may not like all of them, but once they are [official], we play by them.
-- Don Shula

#Basketball #Winning #Opposites

The ultimate goal is victory. And if you refuse to work as hard as you possibly can toward that aim, or if you do anything that keeps you from achieving that goal, then you are just cheating yourself.
-- Don Shula

#Cheating #Goal #Victory

I don't know any other way to lead but by example.
-- Don Shula

#Sports #Motivational Sports #Example

Failure isn't fatal, and success isn't final.
-- Don Shula

#Wrestling #Finals

To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.
-- Don Shula

#Work #Successful #Twelve

There's nothing wrong with setting goals, but it doesn't mean a thing if you don't pay attention to the day-to-day details.
-- Don Shula

#Mean #Goal #Details

I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral.
-- Don Shula

#Sports #Nice #Funeral

Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.
-- Don Shula

#Sports #Football #Mean

The problem with most leaders today is they don't stand for anything. Leadership implies movement toward something, and convictions provide that direction. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything
-- Don Shula

#Fall #Leader #Movement

I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.
-- Don Shula

#Team #Winning #Player

As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform.
-- Don Shula

#Motivational #Sports #Player

The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to have it.
-- Don Shula

#Motivation #Ideas #Littles

The one man team is a complete and total myth.
-- Don Shula

#Teamwork #Team #Men

One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.
-- Don Shula

#Sports #Motivational Sports #Want

Learn from everyone, copy no one.
-- Don Shula

#Copies

Peyton Manning is doing things that I think no other quarterback in the history of the league has done at the line of scrimmage... I just think they are a team right now that's got a real chance to run the table.
-- Don Shula

#Sports #Running #Real

And I coached against Mike when he was an assistant with the Bears and they won that football game.
-- Don Shula

#Sports #Football #Games

And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996.
-- Don Shula

#Sports #Team #Winning

He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different.
-- Don Shula

#Sports #Jobs #Men

And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team, the only undefeated season.
-- Don Shula

#Anniversary #Team #Years

I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.
-- Don Shula

#Sports #Couple #Father

Anybody that's a Dolphins fan feels they're headed in the right direction.
-- Don Shula

#Dolphins #Fans #Feels

I'm just a guy who rolls up his sleeves and goes to work!
-- Don Shula

#Guy #Sleeves

Leadership implies movement toward something and convictions provide that direction.
-- Don Shula

#Leadership #Movement #Conviction

My coaching philosophy? Determine your players talents and give them every weapon to get the most from those talents.
-- Don Shula

#Philosophy #Player #Giving

I don't know how to lead but by example.
-- Don Shula

#Training #Example

Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner.
-- Don Shula

#Football #Team #Thinking

And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.
-- Don Shula

#Rookies #Firsts #Contracts

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.
-- Don Shula

#Football #Winning #People

You know it's only 50 miles but I've relished every moment of the longer route to get here. Thanks for letting me reflect on those great moments. Thank you.
-- Don Shula

#Football #Thanks #Moments

If you're going to take gambles, you must have one thing: self-confidence.
-- Don Shula

#Life And Love #Self Confidence #Self

You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself.
-- Don Shula

#Cheating #Hard Work #Numbers

You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.
-- Don Shula

#Distance #Years #Rivers

When you're there, it's not good enough to be there.
-- Don Shula

#Football #Not Good Enough #Good Enough

What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring.
-- Don Shula

#Sports #Loss #Not Good Enough